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Since its creation in the 1970s, hip-hop has been established not only as a popular musical genre, but also as a powerful social movement. The culture behind it stresses important values like resilience, community, and social justice. Now, it’s tackling those same issues through an unexpected medium: architecture. Michael Ford is an architect, designer, community leader, and the creator of the Hip Hop Architecture Camp, a program that aims to blend hip-hop and architecture to get young people of color excited about the prospect of pursuing careers in building, engineering, and urban planning. In the years to come, these kids will be able to secure jobs they are passionate about and use their skills to actively improve the problems plaguing their communities.

On its website, the camp is described as a ?one-week intensive experience, designed to introduce underrepresented youth to architecture, urban planning, creative placemaking, and economic development through the lens of...